Brian Forde, the Director of Digital Currency at MIT Media Labs recently spoke at the WIRED Money 2015 Summit. His presentation explains the history and future innovations of Bitcoin, and digital currency. He speaks with passion and authority on how companies and governments should be approaching the rapid adoption of emerging technologies, and channeling these innovations to their advantage.

Forde explains that it is the unexpected places, such as developing countries, that the proliferation of digital currencies around the globe will come from.

“At MIT, Forde and his colleagues work to support the cryptocurrency community and bring it to the mainstream through research into the platform’s “security stability and scalability”, and the incubation of emerging technology applications. It’s by looking at those gaps in the market where Bitcoin and alike can make a real social impact, that he hopes to make a difference.”